גג
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
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ג־ג־ג (g-g-g) |
Compare Ugaritic 𐎂𐎂 (gg, “roof”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ɡaɡ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]גַּג • (gag) m (plural indefinite גַּגּוֹת, singular construct גַּג־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form גָּג) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- roof
- Tanach, Joshua 2:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְהִיא הֶעֱלָתַם הַגָּגָה וַתִּטְמְנֵם בְּפִשְׁתֵּי הָעֵץ הָעֲרֻכוֹת לָהּ עַל־הַגָּג׃
- v'hí he'elátam hagága vatitm'ném b'fishtéi ha'éts ha'arukhót láh 'al-hagág.
wəhī heʿĕlā́ṯam haggā́ḡā wattiṭmənēm bəp̄ištē hāʿēṣ hāʿărūḵōṯ lāh ʿal-haggāḡ. - But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread out upon the roof.
- v'hí he'elátam hagága vatitm'ném b'fishtéi ha'éts ha'arukhót láh 'al-hagág.
- circumflex accent
- (informal) maximum
References
[edit]- “גג” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- H1406 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Further reading
[edit]- גג on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he